Covid deaths on the rise again after weeks of decline, CDC says
A nurse sanitizes her hands as she leaves a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient room in the ICU at SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, January 28, 2021. Deaths from the coronavirus are increasing again after weeks of decline as the delta variant rips through unvaccinated pockets of the country, the director of the Centers for Disease Control said Friday. "After weeks of declines, seven day average daily deaths have increased by 26% to 211 per day," Dr. Rochelle Walensky said during a press briefing Friday. This is breaking news. Please check back for updates.
cnbc.comBaton Rouge nurse on mission to vaccinate city's underserved communities
Baton Rouge nurse on mission to vaccinate city's underserved communities A Baton Rouge nurse has made it her personal mission to vaccinate as many residents of the Louisiana city's low-income communities as possible. David Begnaud joined her on one of her registration drives.
cbsnews.comBaton Rouge nurse on mission to vaccinate city's underserved communities
Baton Rouge nurse on mission to vaccinate city's underserved communities A Baton Rouge nurse has made it her personal mission to vaccinate as many residents of the Louisiana city's low-income communities as possible. David Begnaud joined her on one of her registration drives.
cbsnews.com‘Hard without my mother.’ Family remembers local nurse who dies after weekslong battle with COVID-19
HOUSTON – The family of Tricia Moten is mourning after the 49-year-old nurse died Friday a six-week battle with COVID-19. She was my everything, my rock, my soul,” said her son, TJ Lynch. Moten’s daughter Tya Lynch said her mother will always be with them but they will continue moving forward. And me, focusing on school and volleyball and not letting this stop us because I knew she wouldn’t want us to,” Tya Lynch said. AdFriends of the family started a GoFundMe to help support the family during this difficult time.
Trust Index: Did a Tennessee nurse really die after getting the coronavirus vaccine?
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Several anti-vaccine social media posts are circulating around the internet claiming the new COVID-19 vaccine made a Tennessee critical care nurse faint shortly after getting the shot. She was surrounded by CHI Memorial medical personnel who assisted in administering the shot. A press conference from WRCB showed Dover receiving the vaccine when she suddenly dropped down to the floor. Some of the posts also claimed that the vaccine is unsafe for humans after the video began circulating of Dover fainting began circulating on Facebook. While the nurse did pass out after receiving the vaccine, she said fainting wasn’t because of the shot.
The Latest: Australia has no local case 1st time in months
A portrait of Jose Valencia, a male nurse who died from symptoms related to COVID-19, placed on a Day of the Dead altar made by his daughter at their home in Mexico City, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020. The weekend holiday isn't the same in a year so marked by death in a country where more than 90,000 people have died of COVID-19, many cremated rather than buried and with cemeteries forced to close. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Houston nurse struck and killed while jogging remembered for infectious personality
HOUSTON – A Houston nurse struck and killed Friday by a vehicle near Hermann Park is being remembered for his infectious personality. Houston Police said the Lapid was struck around 6:15 a.m. by a Cadillac Sedan in the 5900 block of Fannin Street. His older sister, Dianne, said Lapid left his job as a nurse in Dallas to be closer to family. He had only been working in the ICU at Houston Methodist Hospital for about two months before tragedy struck. “He was a phenomenal nurse, a wonderful person and everyone that knew him would see that.”Diskin trained Lapid when he started at Houston Methodist.
Health care workers pull back the curtain for National Hospital Week, show us what their lives are really like
In honor of National Hospital Week, health care workers, medical facilities and health systems are being highlighted around the country. After that, I took several pediatric patient transfers and a few other patient transfer between our sister facilities. Memorial Hermann has always provided very good equipment. Memorial Hermann is truly where I belong because Memorial Hermann is one, and one family. It’s like a second home.”In honor of #NationalHospitalWeek, help us say thank you to the team at Memorial Hermann.
Combating COVID-19: Nurses inside the coronavirus ICU tell all
HOUSTON – Like many local hospitals, Houston Methodist Hospital opened a special unit to treat critically ill coronavirus patients. They’re calling it the “Coronavirus ICU,” and right now there is a revolving door of 88 patients total in the Houston Methodist system, 24 patients at the Texas Medical Center campus. Nurses working inside the unit said when they manage to discharge one, the next patient comes in. The Texas Nurses Association supports what Carnahan and Catalan said, the number of patients has remained relatively low considering the size of Houston. Houston Methodist Hospital says their ICUs across all eight campuses are at 70% capacity.
Nurse outlines hospital's lack of preparedness for Ebola patient
Nurse outlines hospital's lack of preparedness for Ebola patient Brianna Aguirre, a nurse at Texas Presbyterian feels the hospital was not adequately prepared to handle an infected patient, or protect their employees from the virus. Aguirre, who currently is not infected with the virus says she would not be comfortable being treated in her own hospital. Anna Werner reports.
cbsnews.comEbola case in Spain
Ebola case in Spain Dr. Robert Glatter, Emergency Physician at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, discusses a nurse in Spain who contracted Ebola after treating a priest infected with the virus in Sierra Leone. She is the first person to contract Ebola outside of West Africa.
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